The Dark
You are reading a novel, and the protagonist is on the verge of making a choice.
Year: 2022
An Offering of Silent Retreats
Last spring, a friend contacted me to introduce me to North Burn. North was beginning a project to host extended silent meditation retreats for dedicated practitioners in a beautiful setting in the Pacific Northwest. Having…
Boundaries
This post shares everything I’ve learned so far about boundaries, and what’s worked for me.
Empowerment
Seeing myself, the people in my life, and the world in terms of vows has brought me a set of gifts. I look closely at each person, and try to discern what their vow is….
Mysticism
Like most teenagers, I went through a rebellious phase. I became a fervent atheist, amongst other things. In retrospect, this was a strange development. I wasn’t raised as a theist. I grew up in the…
What is a Vow?
There was once a little boy. He looked out his window, jaw dropped, wondrous at the amazement of life. He started crying. Life was so beautiful, so confusing, so complex, so mysterious, so foreign. Why…
The Art of Writing The Informational Blog Post
There’s a genre of blog posts that many of my blog posts fall into: what I call the “informational blog post.” Not all of my writing falls into this category. I also write shitposts, autobiographical…
Reflections on Buddhist Right Speech
Right Speech is the third component of Buddhism’s Noble Eightfold Path. Reflecting on Right Speech is a necessary component of the Buddhist spiritual path, but also provides useful guidelines for anyone who is aware of…
Maximum Deep Benefit
I intentionally structure my projects to create what I call “maximum deep benefit”: helping as many people as possible, as deeply as possible.
Conversational Moves
In this piece, I’ll reflect on my conversational influences, and the moves and skills I learned from each of them.